Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 635 › Conversation 635-007
Nixon & Woods on Public Relations and Television Appearances
Friday, December 10, 1971 · 1:43 AM–10:51 AM ET · Oval Office ·12 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the logistical and public relations challenges surrounding the scheduling of television appearances for Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The President expresses frustration with the inadequate planning currently being handled by staff and directs Woods to coordinate with Bob Haldeman to ensure the proposed Christmas-themed program moves forward effectively. They agree that positive media exposure featuring Julie is essential for the administration's public image and conclude that stronger oversight is required to regain control over the scheduling process.
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Public Relations
- Television Appearances
- White House Scheduling
- H.R. Haldeman
- Rose Mary Woods
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But Connie, I think, is trying to negate it.
It's too far down the pike anyway, and anyway, I think it'll be good.
I think it'll be good.
I don't know why that goddamn Connie has to get into these things, but she's, because she didn't think of it.
See, it's, Julie's schedule's being planned by other people now, at Julie's request.
And Connie's people are totally incapable of planning that schedule.
But you don't find... During what happens on television, you asked me about when we checked, they haven't called even Trisha and Julie to tell me what's going on.
That whole big fan she's got over there.
It's just uncanny.
They just...
They have not.
We called, Marge and I called from the hospital.
I talked to Julie and to... Trish, either one of them told me.
sure do you want me to call to me and talk about it a little bit it's a way for us to get credit for the christmas thing that we've never gotten before you know part of it maybe that pat doesn't like to have julie
We've got to have everything that we can get.
And everything we can get at this point.
But I know Bob, see Bob is, Julie is talking about it, about Paul and I.
So Bob is going to talk to him.
You can slip in and see Bob.
Doctor, you'll be glad to hear it.
Back him up.
You should send her to East Park, Julie, any way you can.
But also, you're gonna talk to, uh, to, uh...
I don't know.
I'm gonna have to get my hands up.
Oh, I swear to God, it's hard for me to keep up with all this terror.
Oh, it's terrible, isn't it?
Yeah, I'll see you.
I'll talk to Bob.
I'll see you.
I read this show and I'm looking forward to the show.
Yes, I think it's an excellent way to show the life after Christmas.
To show the nice, easy, soft part of it.
And she is so warm and everyone loves her.
I think it would be just great.
Yeah, and even just having Julie on in any circumstance.
She raises the other knife or something, and I was hoping to cut her off.
She said, I've got to get a hold of this.
I don't think it's being organized well enough.
We've got to run these shows.
Well, you know.
I'll ask Bob if he thinks it's... Well...
I'd be glad to.
I think it would be great if people would love it.
Say, Bob, I have Bill Rose here on the Julie thing, and if you need any backup on this, you know, she might get...
But if you need any backup on that, you let her know, wait a minute.
You...
I feel strongly it should go forward.
Yeah, fine.
Well, just, we'll just have to tell Julie that we feel strongly and that would be very, very detrimental to our relations with TV.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, right, right, right.
Well, okay then.
You tell Julie, just think it's a good idea.
And we get some editorial control, I suppose.
No, they're not.
Of course, the thing about Connie's not there, he's jealous.
Somebody, Parker or somebody over here is doing the other thing.
You see, that's what the problem is.
Did you go and see Henry before he was slugging on beans?
Whenever he's ready, does he hear?
He's not going to stop us.
Well, he's supposed to clear some things up before 11 o'clock tomorrow.
NARA Description
On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:43 am to 10:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 635-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 635-007
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 1:43 am - 10:51 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Christmas show
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/24/2019. 4m
52s segment cleared for release with two segments of 21s and 1m 11s remaining closed as 635-007-
w001 and 635-007-w003 respectively.]
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[Personal Returnable]
[635-007-w001]
[Duration: 4m 52s]
Christmas show
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
-The President’s opinion
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
-Competence of staff
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Uncommunicative with Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Rose Mary Woods and Marjorie P. Acker's telephone calls
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox
-Administration credit for Christmas
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s talk with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Rose Mary Woods’s talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Television appearance
-Rose Mary Woods’s view
-Organization of show
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[Duration: 1m 11s]
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[The President talked with Haldeman at an unknown time between 10:43 am and 10:51 am]
[Conversation No. 655-7A]
Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s Christmas special
-Talk with Rose Mary Woods
-Editorial control
[End of telephone conversation]
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
-David N. Parker
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:43 am.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger's schedule
-Location
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:51 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/18/2019.
Segment will remain closed.]
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[Duration: 5m 21s]
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Woods left at 10:51 am.Also recorded on December 10, 1971
- 016-076 7:42 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:42 pm to 8:10 pm.
- 016-077 8:23 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:23 am and 12:14 pm.
- 635-001 8:23 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:23 am and 8:38 am.
- 635-002 8:23 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:23 am and 8:38 am.
- 637-001 8:32 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:38 am.
- 635-003 8:38 AM · 9 min — President Richard M.Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:38 am to 8:48 am.
- 637-002 8:38 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:38 am.
- 637-003 8:45 AM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:45 am to 9:42 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 635-007, December 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/635-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).